Tindula v. Bauman

Plaintiffs filed this suit seeking specific performance to compel defendants to purchase the final two lots under a contract for the purchase of four lots. The trial court entered a decree granting specific performance and awarded attorney fees to plaintiffs. Defendants appeal.

The facts are not in substantial dispute.

In 1968 plaintiffs agreed to sell defendants four residential lots near the city of Lake Oswego. The contract contemplated that defendants would construct dwellings on the four lots. The area was not served by a sewer system. The defendants constructed a dwelling, using a septic…